Mop wringer



- 1,627,383 May 3 1927' H. E. GOTHBERG MOP WRINGER Filed June 1926 INVENTOR ATTORN Y Patented May 3, 1927.

HERMAN E. GQTHBEBG, or WYOMING, NEW JERSEY. Y 1

M01 WRINGER.

Application filed June 11,

My invention relates to mop wringers into which a wet mop is inserted and twisted to remove the surplus liquid and it is my ob ject to produce a simple, cheap and easily operated device which may be adjusted to tit different pails or the like and which may be provided with a foot plate to hold the pail and wringer steady while wringing the mop.

In the drawing I have shown one embodiment of my invention and in which Fig. 1 is a top view of my wringer on a pail or the like; Fig. 2 a side view of the structure of Fig. 1, with a portion of the pail broken away; Fig. 3 a detail, sectional view of the structure of Fig. 1 on the line 38 thereof; and. Fig. 4 a detail, sectional view of the structure of Fig. 1 on the line 44 thereof.

The essence oi my invention consists of a bag-like net, held against rotation at its mouth or open end, into which the end of a wet mop is inserted, the body of the net twisting with the mop and holding the end of the mop stationary compressing the mop by av twisting movement whereby the excess liquid in the mop is squeezed out.

The use of a resilient net, as distinguished from a plurality of chains, confines the mop end entirely within the net so that the entire mop is wrung, producing the same result as if the mop end were taken in the hand and the whole mop twisted to expel the water.

The resilient net 1. of a fairly close mesh adapted to confine a mop end is secured to a net ring 2 at its open end or mouth. A clamp ring 3 has a main cross bar 4, provided with a lip 5 at oneeud secured thereto. The other end of the cross bar 4 has a secondary cross bar 6 slidabl-y secured thereto, holes and a slot with a bolt and wing nut and a loose rivet to hold the bars together being shown in F ig, 1. This secondary bar also has a turned down end 7. A bar 8 with a. foot plate 9 is slidably secured to theturned down part 7 of the clamp ring bar, holes, a slot and bolts with wing nuts being shown in Fig. 2 for this purpose. Opposite the cross bar 46 hook-like parts 10 and 11 extend from the ring 3. The upper face of the ring 3 is provided with a plurality of bosses 12 around its circumference.

A second clamp ring 13, channeled on its inner face, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, has two lugs 14 and 15 extending therefrom and 1926. Serial No. 115,265.

screws 16 and 17 pass through the lugs 14 and 15 to draw the two clamp rings together. The'net ring 2, with its attached net 1, is laid on the ring 3 with the bosses '12 inside the net ring, the channeled upper ring 13 is laid over the net ring and the screws 16 and 17 drawn tight thereby clamping the net and net ring'solidly between the clamp rings, the bosses 12 engaging the net meshes and preventing rotary slippage of the net between the rings when a mop is twisted in the net. i

In use the mop wringer is placed on a pail or the like with the hooks 10 and 11 over the edge and the turned down portions 5 and 7 of the cross bar 4-6 also over the edge, the part 6 being slid on the part 4 until the cross bar fits the pail, and is then locked in place. 7 v

The foot plate 9 is slid up or down the part 7 until it is level with the bottom of the pail when it is locked in position.

To wring a mop the wet mop head is withdrawn from the pail with a twisting motion and dropped into the net 1 and they mop handle twisted. The mop will engage the net, which is held against rotation, and it will wind up the net and compress the mop head squeezing all the excess liquid out more efliciently than it can be done by hand, the excess liquid passing through the net into the pail. A slight reverse twist frees the net and the mop is withdrawn for use.

If the net becomes torn or broken a new one may be quickly inserted by removing the upper clamp ring 13 and clamping the new not between it and the lower ring 3.

I claim I 1. A mop wringer comprising a bag-like resilient net and means for securing said net to a pail or the like'in distended condition.

2. A mop wringer comprising a bag-like resilient net, a net ring to which the open end of the net is secured, a pair of clamp rings, one of which is provided with projections between which the net edge and net ring are held and means for securing the rings and net to .a pail or the like.

3. A mop wringer comprising a bag-like resilient net, a ring to which the open end of the net is secured, hook-like extensions on said ring adapted to engage a pail or the like, a main cross bar secured to the ring and adapted to lie across and engage the edge of a pail or the like and a secondary cross bar slidahly secured to the mai-ncross bar and alsoadapted'to" engage the edge "of a pail or the like.

4. A mop Wringerncomprising a bag-like resilient net, a ring to which the 'open'en'd of the net is secured, hook-like extensions on said ring adapted to engage a pail or the 10 like, a main cross bar @cured to the ring and adapted to lie across and engage a pail or the like, a secondary cross bar slidably secured to the main cross bar and also adapted to engage the pail or the like, one end of said cross bar structure extending down- Wardly and a foot plate slidably secured to said extension."

a In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HERMAN E. GOTHBERG. 

